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News & Events
News
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25-May-2004
The LEED Programme and the Non-Member Economies and International Migration Division (NEIM) have launched a joint activity related to the analysis of economic and social policies to foster labour market or overall social integration of immigrants and of persons of immigrant descent in host countries.
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10-May-2004
This event was organised in co-operation with the European Training Foundation and presented the results of the first phase of a project launched in 2003 to build partnerships for local development in Albania and Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro). For further information, please contact: Andrea-Rosalinde.Hofer@oecd.org or Francesco_Panzica@etf.eu.int
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10-May-2004
The 4th conference of the International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme, the University of Essex and the University of Paris Dauphine, France. This event provided for research based insights and a forum for the sharing of experience by policy makers and practitioners.
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The Second OECD Ministerial on SMEs, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-5 June 2004
10-May-2004
In the framework of the Bologna Process, the Working Party on SMEs & Entrepreneurship, in close co-operation with the LEED Programme and other OECD bodies, developed 4 themes and 2 cross-cutting issues, which constituted the core agenda for the Second OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs held in Istanbul.
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06-Apr-2004
This study analyses the economic and social policies to foster labour market or overall social integration of immigrants and of persons of immigrant descent in host countries. Five country studies have now taken place in Canada, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.
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11-Mar-2004
This conference was organised by the Marche Region in partnership with the OECD LEED Programme. The aim was to present the Strategic Regional Agenda for the Local Territorial Development (ARSTEL for its Italian acronym), which is an innovative tool for integrated development, recently approved by the Marche Region. For more information, please contact Lucy.Clarke@oecd.org
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17-Feb-2004
The LEED Programme received a group of Latin American Leaders in the OECD Headquarters in Paris. This group came as part of the first European Cities Study Tour sponsored by the World Bank Institute. Some LEED Partners as well as French and European authorities took part in the discussions.
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13-Feb-2004
The Metropolitan Montreal study by OECD addresses the competitiveness and governance questions facing this metropolitan region. It shows that despite significant progress in terms of employment and growth, Montreal ranks only 44th in regards to real GDP per capita out of the 65 largest OECD metropolitan regions due to a lower level of productivity. Montreal will have to co-ordinate and streamline its local and metropolitan governance if it hopes to become a player in the competitive world of international business.
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20-Jan-2004
The Territorial Review of the Czech Republic analyses growth factors and obstacles to territorial development in that country, with specific recommendations in different areas. It takes into account the unique geographic location of the Czech Republic, in the heart of the new Europe, and the promising signs of development of major urban centres but also of medium sized towns acting as economic and service hubs for surrounding rural areas.
The French version will be available very soon.
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Events
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on 22-Nov-2005
This seminar was organised by the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development. The event sought to foster and develop a culture of evaluation of local development strategies that promote entrepreneurship, local cohesion and good governance. For further information, please contact Ivana.Studena@oecd.org.
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on 15-Dec-2005
The results of the LEED's five country reviews on the local integration of immigrants into the labour market were discussed at this conference co-organised with the Federal Bank of New York. The event was attended by 140 delegates, from the US and overseas, including leaders and directors of major US workforce training programmes, community development organisations, unions, foundations, and community colleges, as well as academics, and state and local political leadership.
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on 12-Oct-2005
This event was jointly organised with the Korean Labour Institute, a LEED Partner. Korea is looking to transform its labour market policy as a tool to foster regional competitiveness and social cohesion. This conference shared LEED's expertise in this field to facilitate the adoption of models from abroad, such as area-based partnerships and decentralised frameworks. For more information, please contact Sylvain.Giguere@oecd.org
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on 21-Nov-2005
This seminar was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the Center for Public Policy Seminars (CPPS). It looked at how development and successes of UK agencies fits with the global situation and examined the strenghts and weaknesses of the various development bodies in the UK.
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OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Project Expert Workshop - "Understanding Entrepreneurship: Issues and Numbers", Paris
from 26-Oct-2005 to 27-Oct-2005
This workshop convened experts in the field of entrepreneurship research, policy and statistics to discuss policy priorities and associated data requirements in order to inform the work of an internationally comparable system of indicators to be developed by the OECD. It was held at the OECD Headquarters.
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on 28-Nov-2005
This conference sought to increase awareness of policy makers and the private sector on the importance of culture in development policies. It was jointly organised by the LEED Programme and the Autonomous Province of Trento in cooperation with Federculture.
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on 11-Oct-2005
This seminar was organised by the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development. It focused on disseminating information and tools for best practice evaluation approaches. The event was a part of the activities of the Evaluation Unit at the OECD LEED Trento Centre that aims to develop a culture of evaluation of local development strategies which promote entrepreneurship, local cohesion and good governance. For further information please contact Ivana.Studena@oecd.org.
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on 19-Oct-2005
This event was organised by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development in collaboration with Sub-department for Strategy and Economy in Government District Brčko and in co-operation with the Central European Initiative. It was a follow-up of the Trento Centre capacity building seminar on entrepreneurship and will further explore the theme of Promoting SME Innovation. For more information, please contact alessandra.proto@oecd.org
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The one-day Experts’ Meeting on future Global Infrastructure Needs took place at OECD Headquarters on 1st October 2004. It was organised by the OECD’s International Futures Programme (IFP), and brought together 45 high-level government officials and business executives involved in various infrastructure-related activities.
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